Category Archives: Previews

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May

Streaming Picks: May 2021

FILMSTop PicksRobot & Frank – Prime and Hulu 5/9 Those Who Wish Me Dead – HBO Max 5/14 The Woman in the Window – Netflix 5/14 Cruella – Disney+ 5/24 This month we’ve got a hidden gem and three originals … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged adventure time, al rawabi school for girls, amazon, amy tan, angelina ballerina, apple and onion, army of the dead, axios, bad batch, baggio, barney, big city dreams, black space, bluey, boy from medellin, breach, bryant gumbel, camp cretaceous, castlevania, cowboys, crime of the century, cruella, dance of the forty one, dirty john, disney, divine ponytail, dog gone trouble, donut king, eden, fbi, ferry, generation por que, girl from nowhere, good kisser, greenland, hacks, halston, haunted, hbo max, high on the hog, high school musical, hulu, i am all girls, in treatment, inside pixar, jujutsu kaisen, jungle beat, jupiter's legacy, jurassic world, kominsky method, la boda de rosa, legend of baron to'a, legendary, little fish, love death and robots, love sarah, lucifer, mad for each other, madagascar, manhunt, master of none, michael che, mickey mouse, milestone, mine, mixed up adventures, mlk, mlk fbi, modok, money explained, monster, move to heaven, mr inbetween, neighbor, netflix, oxygen, panic, para rosa, parisian agency, personal history of david copperfield, pikwik pack, pink, plan b, prime, racket boys, ragnarok, re zero, real sports, robot and frank, saint maud, sam smith, sardar ka grandson, selena, shadow in the cloud, shrill, solos, some kind of heaven, sons of sam, soy rada, special, special agent oso, star wars, strange house, supernova, sydney to the max, territorio, that damn michael che, those who wish me dead, trash truck, underground railroad, upshaws, uri and ella, vigil, wander darkly, wander over yonder, who killed sara, woman in the window, wonder woman, world to come | Comments Off

23
Apr

Oscar Guide 2021

While the extended season offered plenty of pros and cons, there are still a few races that don’t seem quite over. So here’s what should and will win, but remember that you shouldn’t be putting money based on my picks. … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews | Tagged amazon, another round, apple, better days, borat, collective, crip camp, da 5 bloods, disney, emma, eurovision song contest, farmageddon, father, greyhound, hillbilly elegy, hulu, judas and the black messiah, life ahead, love and monsters, ma rainey's black bottom, man who sold his skin, mank, midnight sky, minari, mole agent, mulan, my octopus teacher, netflix, news of the world, nomadland, one and only ivan, one night in miami, onward, over the moon, pieces of a woman, pinocchio, promising young woman, quo vadis aida, shaun the sheep movie, soul, sound of metal, tenet, time, trial of the chicago 7, united states vs billie holiday, white tiger, wolfwalkers | Comments Off

1
Apr

Streaming Picks: April 2021

FILMSTop PicksBringing Up Baby – HBO Max 4/1 My Cousin Vinny – Prime 4/1 Rush – Netflix 4/16 Baby’s Day Out – Disney+ 4/23 It seems like we could all use some laughs and some excitement. The first two films … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 1 2 3 all eyes on me, aber bergen, adventures in wonderland, adventures of napkin man, ajeeb daastaans, amazon, anne, arlo the alligator boy, art of falling in love, assembled, assume the position, baby's day out, baker and the beauty, being the queen, beneath the beat, big day, big shot, black lady sketch show, bringing up baby, bryant gumbel, burden, circle, clone wars, coded bias, concrete cowboy, couples therapy, creepshow, dad stop embarrassing me, dark city, day i became a god, diana, disciple, disney, dolly parton, ducktales, ewoks, exterminate all the brutes, falcon and the winter soldier, family reunion, fast and furious, fatma, first ladies, fly like a girl, frank of ireland, future-worm, garfield and friends, genndy tartakovsky, girl, go go cory carson, great pottery throwdown, greta thunberg, handmaid's tale, happy endings, have you ever seen fireflies, hbo max, headspace, headspace guide to sleep, heist of the century, heroes, higglytown heroes, higurashi, hulu, infinity train, into the beat, izzy's koala world, jacqueline and jilly, junior puppy pals, just say yes, keeping faith, kick buttowski, kid who would be king, knuckledust, last kids on earth, law school, life in color, liv and maddie, looney tunes cartoons, loudermilk, love in harmony valley, luis miguel, madame claude, made for love, magical andes, mare of easttown, mighty express, mira, mitchells vs the machines, modern persuasion, mortal kombat, my cousin vinny, my love, my music story, nanny, netflix, nevers, new gods, new mutants, nicky ricky dicky and dawn, night in paradise, on the spectrum, one last crusade, other two, our towns, out in the open, pet stars, pj masks, place of no words, prank encounters, primal, prime, princess cut, real sports, rectify, restaurant, ride or die, rizo, robert wuhl, rush, sasquatch, searching for sheela, secret of the whales, secrets of great british castles, secrets of sulphur springs, serpent, sexify, shadow and bone, sky high, smiley face killers, snabba cash, songbird, soul, south side, spontaneous, spy racers, stand-in, standard, star wars, stars fell on alabama, stowaway, survivor's remorse, synchronic, tell me when, tersanjung, them, things seen and heard, this is a robbery, thunder force, tom clancy, unhinged, unikitty, unremarkable juanquini, walk the prank, wander, way of the house husband, wedding coach, wework, what lies below, why are you like this, why did you kill me, wild mountain thyme, without remorse, x-men, yasuke, year to change the world, zero | Comments Off

13
Mar

Final Oscar Picks 2021

BEST PICTUREJudas and the Black Messiah Ma Rainey’s Black BottomMankMinariNomadlandOne Night in Miami…Promising Young WomanThe Trial of the Chicago 7 Dark Horse: Da 5 BloodsLong Shot: Sound of Metal Total Shock: Never Rarely Sometimes Always The skinny: Proof that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews | Tagged all in, amazon, another round, apple, birds of prey, borat, collective, crip camp, croods, disney, emma, father, first cow, greyhound, hbo, hbo max, hillbilly elegy, hulu, judas and the black messiah, life ahead, little things, ma rainey's black bottom, mank, mauritanian, midnight sky, minari, mulan, my octopus teacher, netflix, never rarely sometimes always, news of the world, night of the kings, nomadland, one night in miami, onward, over the moon, pieces of a woman, pinocchio, prime, promising young woman, quo vadis aida, soul, sound of metal, tenet, time, trial of the chicago 7, two of us, united states vs billie holiday, welcome to chechnya, wolfwalkers | Comments Off

1
Mar

Streaming Picks: March 2021

FILMSTop PicksEnemy of the State – Hulu 3/1 Coming 2 America – Prime 3/15 Zack Snyder’s Justice League – HBO MAX 3/18 Enemy of the State might be Tony Scott’s best movie. A quasi-sequel to The Conversation, it’s at once … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 1 night in san diego, 100% wolf, 12 oz mouse, 7 yards, abla fahita, alien tv, amazon, ammonite, arashi's diary, aretha franklin, assembled, audrey, b, bad trip, bakugan, ballmastrz 9009, beginning succession, big hero 6, big time rush, biggie, block island sound, bombay begums, bombay rose, boss level, breaking the silence, breathless, bryant gumbel, buddy games, cabras de peste, captain marleau, caught by a wave, Charles and diana, chris norton, city of ghosts, collective, coming 2 america, country comfort, coven of sisters, covid diaries, cross the line, crystal fantasy, dc super hero girls, deadly illusions, dealer, dirty blonde, disney, doc mcstuffins, dogwashers, Dorothy and the wizard of oz, dota, dragon's blood, drive to survive, Ella the elphant, enemy of the state, falcon and the winter soldier, farewell amor, fifth ward, final space, fire force, food wars, formula 1, game changers, generation, genius, godzilla, godzilla vs kong, hard, haunted, here awhile, honest thief, hotel coppelia, houseboat, hulu, hunter x hunter, I got a story to tell, infomercials, inside pixar, intersect, into the dark, invincible, iron mask, irregulars, isabel, jiu jitsu, justice league, kid 90, King Kong, la templanza, last blockbuster, last chance u, last cruise, life with elizabeth, London kills, lost pirate kingdom, love alarm, loyiso gala, mae west, magic for humans, mago pop, making their mark, marriage or mortgage, marvel studios legends, messy goes to okido, mighty ducks, millennials, missing 411, moxie, murder among the mormons, my music story, nailed it, nate bargatze, naughty books, navillera, netflix, nevenka, notorious big, octonauts, one, operation varsity blues, our mothers, pacific rim, paper lives, paradise pd, Paris murders, persona, pickle and peanut, pink wall, pokemon, power rangers, prime, prodigal son, proxima, rainbow high, range rider, re zero, real sports, rebell comedy, returned, rhymes through times, seaspiracy, secret magic control agency, sentinelle, shadows, shipwrecked, sister aimee, sky rojo, skylines, solar opposites, south park, staged, stand, starbeam, superman, three busy debras, tig n seek, tigtone, tina, tina turner, tiny audience, tokyo rising, tracks, triggered, trolls, under suspicion, undocumented lawyer, vikings, waffles and mochi, week away, who killed sara, words on bathroom walls, world party, yes day, yin-yang master, yolo, zero chill | Comments Off

15
Feb

Oscar Picks: 15 Feb 2021

We finally got a load of precursors to help us see who were contenders and who were pretenders, but there’s still a lot we don’t know. I’ll have my final picks a day or two before the nominations are announced … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Previews | Tagged amazon, borat, da 5 bloods, disney, father, first cow, hbo max, hillbilly elegy, hulu, judas and the black messiah, ma rainey's black bottom, mank, minari, netflix, nomadland, one night in miami, pieces of a woman, prime, promising young woman, soul, sound of metal, trial of the chicago 7, united states vs billie holiday | Comments Off

1
Feb

Streaming Picks: February 2021

FILMSTop PicksComing to America – Prime 2/1Judas and the Black Messiah – HBO MAX 2/12 Nomadland – Hulu 2/19 First up are two major selections for Black History Month. The former is John Landis’ uproarious fish-out-of-water comedy, which hits Prime … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 12 hour shift, 19-2, 2067, abducted, all my friends are dead, amazon, american dragon, american style, animals on the loose, antebellum, arthur's law, batman, beartown, beatriz luengo, behind her eyes, behind the mask, ben 10, bigfoot family, billions, black art, black beach, black boy joy, bliss, boarding school, brian regan, britney spears, bryant gumbel, buried by the bernards, canine intervention, capitani, caught by a wave, chewing gum, city on a hill, classmates minus, clifford, coming to america, crazy about her, crew, crime scene, cypher, dani rovira, disney, disney channel games, disneyland paris, dolapo is fine, dream of eternity, earwig and the witch, fake famous, firefly lane, flora and ulysses, food wars, for the love of jason, game, geez and ann, gen lock, ginny and georgia, good girls, hate, haute dog, havana street party, hbo max, head of the class, hello me, high rise invasion, hip hop uncovered, hitsville, hot ones, how it really happened, hulu, i care a lot, i married joan, icarly, in other words, in the absence of light, informer, inside pixar, into the dark, investigation, irresistible, it's a sin, jake long, jimmy carter, john oliver, judas and the black messiah, jujutsu kaisen, justice league, justice league unlimited, kid cosmic, killer truth, la deuda, last paradiso, last week tonight, layla majnun, little big women, little coincidences, lost girls and love hotels, love by accident, love daily, lupe, malcolm and marie, map of tiny perfect things, marvel battleworld, meateater, mercy street, mickey go local, mighty express, misadventures of hedi and cokeman, mommy is a murderer, monsoon, muppet show, muppets, my dead ex, my music story, nadiya bakes, netflix, new york times, nomadland, of mics and men, okavongo, one careful owner, one on one, pair of kings, pele, possessor, prime, raiders of ghost city, real sports, red dot, robot chicken, rocks, rodeo film, roll it back, safe house, school that tried to end racism, scooby-doo, secrets of sulphur springs, shanghai disney, sinner, snowfall, sonic the hedgehog, space sweepers, squared love, static shock, storybook ending, strip down rise up, tacoma fd, tell me your secrets, tempted by danger, then came you, there is no i in threesome, they ready, thus spoke kishibe rohan, tiffany haddish, to all the boys i've loved before, tom and jerry, tribes of europa, two sentence horror stories, united shades of america, united states vs billie holiday, unsettling, upside down, very scary people, w kamau bell, warrior queen of jhansi, we bare bears, white princess, windsors, world we make, wu-tang clan, xico's journey, yin-yang master, yoshiki, you vs wild, zac and mia | Comments Off

15
Jan

Oscar Picks: 15 Jan 2021

BEST PICTUREDa 5 BloodsThe Father Ma Rainey’s Black BottomMankMinariNomadlandOne Night in Miami…The Trial of the Chicago 7 Falling off: News of the WorldRising star: Promising Young Woman The skinny: It’s still a little weird that only three of these movies … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews | Tagged amazon, borat, da 5 bloods, disney, father, first cow, hulu, judas and the black messiah, ma rainey's black bottom, mank, minari, netflix, nomadland, one night in miami, pieces of a woman, prime, promising young woman, soul, sound of metal, trial of the chicago 7, united states vs billie holiday | Comments Off

1
Jan

Streaming Picks: January 2021

With so many new streaming services, I figured this year I’d expand the scope of this column again. I’m adding Disney+ and HBO MAX, so bear with me as a lot of new titles get added. I’ll still try to … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 12oz mouse, 30 coins, 50m2, abby hatcher, alienist, alone, amazon, animo juventud, apple and onion, asphalt burning, at home with amy sedaris, axios, baby looney tunes, baby shark, babylon 5, band that rocked argentina, batman, batman beyond, beecham house, below zero, ben 10, bill maher, bling empire, blown away, bonding, boruto, brooklyn saints, bryant gumbel, busted, call my agent, carmen sandiego, cb strike, certain scientific railgun, charming, check it out, chick fight, cobra kai, codename kids next door, commandments, courage the cowardly dog, crack, craig of the creek, daughter from another mother, derek delgaudio, dexter, dig, dinosaurs, disenchantment, disney, disney fam jam, don't let go, double dad, dream home makeover, earth to ned, ed edd n eddy, elena of avalor, endlings, euphoria, eve, everwood, everyone is doing great, fate, fatima, final shot, finding ohana, fire force, flack, gabby's dollhouse, go dog go, gomorrah, gossip girl, grantchester, green lantern, gretel and hansel, haunted hathaways, haves and the have nots, hbo max, headspace guide to meditation, hello ninja, henry danger, herself, high note, history of swear words, hulu, ice cold murders, idhun chronicles, in and of itself, inside the world's toughest prisons, intouchables, is it wrong to pick up girls in a dungeon, jann, jazz, jellies, jessy and nessy, june and kopi, jurassic park, ken burns, king of staten island, kuroko's basketball, la's finest, last tango in halifax, like a boss, little things, locked down, loiter squad, looney tunes cartoons, love featuring marriage and divorce, lupin, ma, magicians, mao mao, marvel studios legends, mighty little bheem, mighty oak, minimalists, miracle workers, monarca, mortal, nailed it, netflix, netflix afterparty, new adventures of old christine, night stalker, no escape, ollie and moon, one night in miami, one punch man, other parents, outside the wire, painting with john, pandora, penguin bloom, pieces of a woman, piter, pixar popcorn, pretend it's a city, prime, promare, pushing daisies, radium girls, ratones paranoicos, re zero, real sports, real time, rhythm section, rocco schiavone, roots, save yourselves, search party, secrets we keep, si yo fuera rico, sightless, silencing, sister, snowpiercer, so my grandma's a lesbian, spycraft, squish, star is born, star wars, stuck apart, surviving death, tandav, terra willy, tiger, tom goes to the mayor, tony parker, turtle tale, ultimate playlist of noise, wandavision, warrior, wayans bros, we are, we are the brooklyn saints, what happened to mr cha, what i like about you, white tiger | Comments Off

1
Dec

Streaming Picks: December 2020

FILMSTop PicksEyes Wide Shut – Hulu 12/1 Mank – Netflix 12/4Sound of Metal – Prime 12/4 Stanley Kubrick’s final film has returned to Hulu, just in time for a supremely fucked up holiday season. If you’ve been putting it off, … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged affair, after we collided, alice in borderland, alien worlds, amazon, american animals, angela's christmas, anitta, arashi's diary, ari eldjarn, ashley garcia, asphalt burning, ava, bayou caviar, bernie mac, best leftovers ever, best of standup, bhaag beanie bhaag, big mouth, big show show, black ops, blackbird, bobbleheads, bombay rose, brassic, braven, break, break it all, bridgerton, california christmas, canvas, captain underpants, chico bon bon, chilling adventures of sabrina, christmas chalet, christmas crossfire, city on a hill, clifford, con is on, cops and robbers, dare me, detention, deutschland 89, dirt music, dna, emicida, endless, enterprice, equinox, euphoria, expanse, eyes wide shut, fairy princess and the unicorn, fast and furious, fierce, george gently, giving voice, go go cory carson, gormiti, grand tour, great british baking show, grizzlies, guest, guest house, happytime murders, hardy boys, hazel brugger, hilda, holiday movies that made us, home for christmas, hope gap, hot air, house divided, how to fake a war, how to ruin christmas, hulu, i'm your woman, idiomatic, jeopardy, just another christmas, kalel 15, kingmaker, kings of joburg, l word, letterkenny, leyla everlasting, london hughes, los rodriguez el mas alla, lovestruck in the city, lupin the 3rd, ma rainey's black bottom, mad about you, madagascar, magic school bus, manhunt, mank, mess you leave behind, midnight sky, mighty express, mr iglesias, mr jones, mr selfridge, murder in the bayou, my hero academia, natalie palamides, netflix, nos4a2, out stealing horses, peppermint, pokemon, prime, professor and the madman, prom, pup academy, ray donovan, regiment diaries, rent a pal, rhyme time town, rhys nicholson, ripper, rose island, run on, sakho and mangane, secret garden, selena, shaun the sheep, she dies tomorrow, snowbound for christmas, song exploder, sound of metal, spanish princess, spirit, spy cat, stargate sg1, super monsters, super wings, supervized, surgeon's cut, sweet home, sylvie's love, timmy time, tiny pretty things, tom and jerry, transformers, trash truck, u-turn, valley girl, victoria small, vir das, waiting for the barbarians, wilds, work in progress, yearly departed, you cannot kill david arquette, your name engraved herein | Comments Off